Bishop of the Blues

Blues legend and Delta Groove recording artist Elvin Bishop, his guitarist Mighty Mike Schermer, and I hung out on Friday while Elvin got a few interviews done.

We went by SIRIUS Satellite Radio where Elvin played guest DJ, choosing cuts by Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, and Clifton Chenier. Here's SIRIUS blues DJ Liam Davenport, Elvin, and Mike.



We ran into Louisiana pianist Marcia Ball at SIRIUS!



Here's Elvin speaking with Tara Gore at MLB.com, presumably talking about the size of a fish he and Dusty Baker caught (this big!). The bluesman and the baseball manager are fishing buddies, having met years ago at John Lee Hooker's house.



Elvin knows Japanese. I asked him why and how he learned Japanese. "Persistence!," he declared. Here's my name, as written by him: